Nellie McKayBest Nellie McKay Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
8
Opinions
5
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 8 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Nellie McKay's catalog across 5 albums from 8 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Nellie McKay album is Pretty Little Head (2005) with a 7.6/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Normal As Blueberry Pie - A Tribute to Doris Day (Bonus Track Version) and Get Away from Me. The discography on Wavelength spans 2004 to 2015.
Normal As Blueberry Pie - A Tribute to Doris Day (Bonus Track Version)
“The eccentric singer-songwriter pays tribute to the music of Doris Day, from classics like "Sentimental Journey" to lesser-known songs from films.”
Pretty Little Head
“Treading more fluently in cabaret pop and frisky lounge swinging-- and dropping her raps-- the precocious singer-songwriter's second 2xCD album is self-released, self-produced, and an improvement on her debut.”
Home Sweet Mobile Home
“Nellie McKay is all over the place — wonderfully so. Whether she’s delivering social commentary while strumming a ukulele in "Adios," exorcising the spirit of a devilish former lover over a festive bed of New Orleans jazz in "Dispossessed" or setting vegetarian activism to "Unknown Reggae," this mercurial New York singer-songwriter brings both ample wit […]”
Get Away from Me
“Nellie McKay is awful because she's cute-- gratingly cute, the cutest drama chick in high school, just 19 years old and already writing sharper tunes than, well, most girls her age who write pop songs. Then there's that 1950s-era kitsch cover photo of McKay wearing an adorable red coat that matches her lipstick, and orchestral arrangements that circle her piano with sweet pippy strings and flute t”
Home Sweet Mobile Home
“Under her perky persona Nellie McKay has always hidden a prickly disposition, which comes out on her most intensely, intently melancholy album yet.”
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